Stocking insert feeding device



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STOCKING INSERT FEEDING DEVICE Filed Nov. 28, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 INVENTOR.

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Application November 28, 1931, Serial No. 577,855

1 Claim.

This invention relates to a stocking insert device and has for its primary object, simplifying the construction of such a device while at the An object of the invention resides in constructing a magazine form to conform approximately to the interior outline of the stocking so that a stocking may be stretched thereover neatly to receive a paper insert supported by the magazine form and shaped to conform to the approximate interior shape of the stocking.

Another object of the invention resides in the novel manner of supporting the paper insert to be readily forced within the stocking, with a part of the paper insert exposed to be gripped same fingers that grip the stocking in the with the removal of the stocking from the magazine form thereby depositing the paper insert inside of the stocking.

A feature of my invention resides in supporting the magazine form in an elevated position so that the operator may quickly slip a stocking thereover and in the removal of the stocking by the gripping of the toe pocket thereof, insert will be automatically gripped and a paper removed from the magazine form to assume a position in the stocking;

With these and other objects in View the invention will be better understood from the following detailed description taken in connection accompanying drawings wherein:

with the Figure l is a perspective view of the device constructed in portable form.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the ilexible insert or paper strip.

Figure 3 is a sectional view on line 3-3, Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a sectional view on ure 1.

line 4-4, Fig- Figure 5 is a side elevation of the device with the stocking applied thereto.

Figure 6 is a sectional view on line 8-t, Figure 5.

Figure 7 is a side elevation partly in section illustrating the device as stationary.

Figure 8 is a sectional View of a modified form of the invention.

Figure 9 is a sectional view illustrating a group of inserts in the form.

Figure 10 is a detailed sectional view of the spreader illustrating several modifications of my invention, the numeral l designates a magazine form which is shaped to conform approximately to the interior 0 utline of the stocking when in a flat condition. The lower end of the magazine form is constructed asa spreader 2 which facilitates the insertion of the form into the stocking by the spreading of the fabric of the stocking. One manner of manufacturing the form consists in shaping sheet. metal to provide paralleling side walls 3 and a curved edge l connecting the side walls together thereby giving a U shaped formation to the form and providing a slot 5 whereby the inserts 6 may 10 be arranged within the receiving compartment I of the form. The free end of the spreader 2 is provided with a finger slot 8 whereby a portion of the paper insert or paper strip 6 may be gripped by the same fingers of the operator that 35 grip the heel pocket IQ of the stocking II in the removal of the stocking from the form.

Attention is called to the fact that the paper insert 6 may be of any shape but preferably of an outline to approximately conform to the interior shape of the stocking, the purpose being to retain the shape of the stocking in the shipping thereof and to enhance the beauty and Sheerness of the stocking when viewed by a customer.

Of course, it is to be understood that the magazine form may be manually inserted into the stocking as indicated in Figure l but I have found from actual experience that there is a decided advantage to be obtained by fixing the position'of the magazine form and slipping the stocking thereon manually. To accomplish this desired result, I have shown in Figure '7 a support If to which is attached the upper endof the magazine form, the lower end of the magazine form being free and elevated to allow the stocking to be readily inserted onto the form as clearly shown in Figure '7. It may be found advantageous in practice to connect the wall 13 to the wall i l by a hinge l5 which facilitates the arrange-.- ment of the inserts 16 into position. To facili- 40 tate proper placing of the insert into the form and control its removal from the form, I provide lips ll contiguous to the finger slot 8 for creating a' sliding yieldable action as clearly shown in Figure 4.

In the use of the device, designed as illustrated in Figure '7, the paper strip or insert is arranged between the paralleling walls 6 and l with the edges of the paper insert conforming to the edges of the magazine form thereby depositing a part of the insert in the finger slot 8. When this has been accomplished, a stocking is quickly pulled over the spreader 2 and then over the remaining portion of the'magazine form with the spreader lodging in the heel pocket in of the stocking. It

protection in any manner whatsoever, except as set forth in the following claim.

What I claim is:

A stocking insert feeding device comprising a support, a magazine form constructed from sheet metal and of U shape formation in cross section, said magazine form having one end fixed to said support and its other end free and provided with a finger slot for the purpose set forth.

FREDERICK E. STRUVE. 

